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J-OS'EPH, WA REN, OF Loni, 01110;

Letters' Patent No. 77,227, dated Ami 28, 1868."

IMPROVEMENT n coinseizures.

this Stimul rennet ta in thrsifietms fittest tut making partnf ligatureTo ALL' WHOM IT'MAUY consumer Be it known thatI, JOSEPH-WARREN, of Lodi,in the county of Medina, and State 'of Ohio, have invented v I certainnew and useful Improvements inv Oorn-Shellers'; and I do hereby declarethat the following is afull'and specification, in whichi Figure 1 is aside view of the inaehin Figure 2 is a transverse section; Like'lettersof referepce'refer to'like parts in the views. I This shellsr consistsof the case A, (fig. 1,)mounted upon and secured to the legs B. In thiscase ishunga disk,'O, (fig. 2,) upon the shaft D, having its bearings inthe centre of the case; On one of the protruding ends of said shaft iskeyed a fly-wheeh E, and upon the opposite end a crank, F, by which themachineis operated. One face of the disk referred to is thickly studdedwith teeth, G, whereby the grain is shelled from the cob, as willhereafter be shown. p

H is the hopper, into which, the ears are thrown, I the spout, fromwhich the corn flows, and J the opening from which the echo aredischarged from the machine.

I am aware that a corn-sheller having a case,.teothed disk, hopper,wheel, and crank, all constructed and complete description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this7 arranged in a. manner analogous to this, is nowin use, but the case ofthe machine referredto is made with-a full convex side, as indicated bythe dotted line 'a, thereby giving alarge amount of room in and aroundthe shaft D. i

I11 o quen e of this great space the cobsaecumulate about the shaft, andby theirrlodgmen't there obstruct the proper working of themachine. .Thecobs, unless removed, are more or less ground up or broken, and the dustand fragments drop through the spout along with the shelled corn,rendering it dirty and unmarketable unless cleaned.

.To avoid this defect of the machine, 1 construct the side facing of thedishes represented in the drawing,

in which it will'be seen that the side, instead of being ofv a uniformconvex surface, is depressed at the points x around the shaft, therebycontracting the room to a much less holding-capacity, so thatthe cobscan find no room to accumulate, but are carried ofl along, through, andout of the tube J. I I

This tube, as will be seen,'is simply a swell around near the margin ofthe side, extending from' the hopper around to the. opening K in theside of the case, forming a'semicircular channel of only sufficientcapacity toallow the passage of aeingle cob ate time, thereby preventingthem from becoming crossed ancltumbledabout in the central portion ofthe case and around the shaft, as above said;

By this peculiar -shape given to the side of the case, no accumulationor lodgment of the cobs in and around about the shaft can takeiplace,hence the grain will at all times come from the machine free of dirt andfragments of cob. The machine never becoming obstructed, no time is lostin removing he obstruction; w h so often results in the use of theordinarysheller. a v

What I-claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The case A, havingone of its sides'provided with a circular depressionaround the axis of the disk, in com-.

bination with. the segmental discharging-tube J inthe manner and for thp w specified;

JOSEPH WARRitN. Witnesses:

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